Endocrinologist Charmer

Let me get the nitty-gritty stuff out of the way first, so everyone can breath a sigh of relief. As expected the endocrinologist really had nothing to say that we have not heard or been through before. Katherine is 32 inches tall and weighed 20.3 lbs. She is about 25% for height and now hugging the bottom of the growth chart in weight. The weight is a huge improvement. Adding 750 cal in beverages to her diet proves that she can and will gain weight when her calorie intake is increased drastically. The doctor saw nothing that was alarming in the family medical history and nothing in any of the blood work. The chromosome blood test results are not in yet, but she didn't anticipate any big surprises there. We're going back to see them in 3 months just to make sure that Katherine continues to steadily grow.

On numerous occasions Katherine has declared that she's going to be a doctor when she grows up. We've asked if she's going to be an animal doctor and she says no, she's going to be a baby doctor. How sweet is that.

The nurses and doctors there just adored Katherine. She REALLY turned on the charm and was extra adorable. I wish I had the video camera with me because she was so cute.

Today she had her little baby doll and little backpack with a blanket, bottle, and her jewelry. The nurse and doctor examined her baby before they examined Katherine. That way Katherine would feel more comfortable with letting the nurse/doctor examine her. The doctor listened to both her baby's and her heart. Then she looked in the babies ears and Katherine's ears. Finally the doctor caught on that Katherine was completely playing her. Katherine's an excellent patient who is perfectly comfortable with whatever the doctor needs to do to examine her, but she thought it was very cool that the doctor was explaining in depth what she was going to do and then was examining her baby. She watched everything the nurse and doctor did and I'm guessing I'll see a lot of repeating of it here at home.

When it was time to leave she let out a big "Bye-bye!" I think she wanted to make sure everyone hear her. A few of the nurses offered for her to come work with them for the rest of the day. She even started to follow one of them. She's such the charmer. She even said "Bye-bye" to the entire waiting room. Overall it was a very fun doctors visit thanks to Katherine turning on her charm.